Nailless horseshoe.



Patented Dec. 2, `|902.

No. 7l5,02|.

P CHBISTIANSSON NAILLESS HOBSESHUE. (Appl at on Bled Hav 6 1902) 2 shears-sheet l.

(No Model.)

No. 7I5,02|.` Patented Dec. 2, |902.

P. CHRISTIANSSON.

NAILLESS HORSESHUE.

(Application filed May 6, 1902.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 2.

Nrrnn STATES@ ATENT OFFICE.

.PEUR CHRISTIANSSON, OF SCRIVEN, MINNESOTA.

NAILLESS HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l715,021, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed May 6, 1902. Serial No. 106,120. (No model.)

To all whom, it' may concern:

Be it known that I, PEER CHRISTIANssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scriven, in the county of Douglas and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nailless Horseshoes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a nailless horseshoe of improved construction; and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a plan View of a horseshoe embodying the several features of my, invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line m2 :r2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the horseshoe; and Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation, showing the so-called spacing-link of the shoe removed from working position.

The body of the shoe is made up of two sections a and Z2, pivotally connected at c, which pivot is located at one side of the toecalk. Both sections of the shoe are provided with upwardly and inwardly extended hoofengaging lugs or ears d, provided on their inner faces with sharpened lips or detents e, which are adapted to be pressed into the horses hoof and to thereby give the lugs or ears d greatly-increased holding efficiency.

The character f indicates the toe-calk and the character g the heel-calks. The toe-calk 4a fis shown as provided with two rectangular stems or shanks f', which fit in suitable seats formed in the toe portionV of the shoe-section a. The heel-calks g are provided with similar rectangular stems or shanksg', which fit in suitable seats formed in the heel portions of the shoe-sections a and h. To securely but detachably hold the calks f and gin working position, screws f2 and g2, respectively, are passed through suitable coincident perforations in the Shanks f and g and in the body of the shoe.

To hold the pivoted sections of the shoe in the desired adjustment to keep the clamping lugs or ears d tightly pressed onto the horses hoof, I provide a so-called spanning or spacing link of novel construction. Of the parts of this link the character 7o indicates a short bar, which at one end is provided with a flattened or angular shank cand at its other end is provided with a hook k2, which engages the eye 7a3 of a screw 7a4. The screw lo* works with screw-threaded engagement in a seat h of the shoe-section l), and the shank 7c of the bar 7c ts closely within a seat a of the shoe-section a. A machine-screw 71:5 works loosely through that portion of the shoe-section d which is directlyin line with the seat a and is screwed into the shank 7c of the bar 71;.

The manner ofsecuring the shoe to a horses hoof is as follows: First the screw 755 is removed,and the bar A: is disconnected from the shoe-section a. The shoe is then placed on the horses hoof, and the lugs or ears ol are bent to iit the bevel or Hare of the hoof. Then the screw 7a4 is turned so as to give approximately the proper projecting length to the link to properly space the sections of the shoe. The shank 7o of the'bar k is then inserted into the seat CL', and the screw 705 is then applied, as shown and described, and is screwed up until the lugs d of the shoe are tightly drawn against the hoof and the detents c embedded in the hoof. This being done, the shoe is securely fastened to the hoof and in such manner that while it may be readily removed at will it will not become accidentally loosened.l

The shoe above described is of small cost, has few parts to get out of order, and is efficient for the purposes had in view.

It will of course be understood that the shoe above described is capable of considerable modication within the scope of my invention as herein set forth and claimed.

What l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. The combination with pivotally-connected body-sections of the shoe, having clamping lugs or ears for engagement with the hoof, of a spacing-link formed by hinged sections, one of which has screw-threaded engagement roo `with one of the shoe-sections, and the other l with a seat in the section Z), and the screw of which is detachably securable to the other 7.35 Working loosely through a. seat in said shoe-seetion, substantially as described. shoe-section a and screwed into the shank la 2. The combination With the shoe-sections of the section 7c, substantially as described. 5 a and I) pivotal-1y connected at c and pro- In testimony whereof I affix my signature I5 Avided With the Clamping ears or lugs, of the in presence of two Witnesses. spacing-link made up of the hinged sections PEHR CHRISTIANSSON. l@ and 7a4, the former having the shank 7o t- Witnesses: ting a. seat in the shoe-section a, and the lat- ERLAD ANDERSON,

'o ter Working with screw-threaded engagement J. L. MACDONALD. 

